sick. life. frasier. food.

i'm sick. yes it's official (for anyone who may not have known).

yes i'm making a big deal about it. considering i don't normally get sick with cold/flu in the winter, i think i'm allowed to.

that's one thing i'm at least grateful for - that it's not in the middle of a heatwave in summer, as it usually writes me off for months afterwards due to the hot weather and cold air conditioning at work......

i finished watching the golden girls this afternoon, i tried to finish it off last night but just couldn't hold out after about 9.30pm... i went to bed, woke up at 9am to take out my retainer (i'm not wearing my apnea splint until i get better as it just makes breathing that little bit more difficult), then went back to bed, eventually got out at about 12.30pm.... i was knackered and a half! body aching, nose stuffy, head blocked up, the usual stuff...

i got some night and day flu tablets from the chemist then came home and decided to put on a slow cooker meal - since it was late in the day already i put it on 'high' to see how cooking compares to when i usually select 'low' for the heating option...

it's smelling good so far anyhow - tomato and onion snags, and added carrot and potato to it as well... bulk it up a bit, and some chilli to help melt the crappers out of me...

back to work tomorrow, then thursday off to collect rhyon from the airport, visit the psychiatrist and do my tax return.....

it'll be 5 years tomorrow since i had my big operation.... i'm going to goto the pub for dinner tomorrow night with ballarat paul when he gets down here, hopefully they make a nice steak or something like that....

interesting to think about all the things that have happened since that day, but i won't worry about that for now, that's what the actual day is for hehehe

so it's nice to be at home to rest and recover a little bit from my sickness, but it's days like these that i wish there was a big leather daddy bear here to look after me and give me a hug every once in a while and tell me that everything's going to be ok...

instead i just try to do my usual, keep busy as i can - let the chookies out, they knew i was sick, they followed right beside me when i walked around the yard, they don't normally stay that close to me, so it was a nice feeling..... there was 1 egg for me to collect at least... i changed their water bottle with some fresh stuff.... watered the food/veg little plants on the front porch with some of the worm juice that andrew left - the bottle is cracked on one side so i decided i might as well use it otherwise it'll just start to get mouldy (-ier)...

i've got a feeling that he's moved back in with the other one, but it really shouldn't matter to me, cause it's nothing to do with me and it doesn't affect my day to day life, so if that's the case, then all the best to him, i just hope he's doing everything he wants for his own life, he's a good guy after all....

i started getting back into the nutri bullet on sunday, after i picked up a bit of fruit and veg from the supermarket.... it's been nice having that to drink again and makes me feel good that i am having it again... hopefully it helps to boost my immune levels a bit to fight off this illness quicker.....

so i'm really very much looking forward to starting to watch frasier again tonight... i love that show, probably one of my all time favourites.... there is no single character i love, i love them all, the regulars, the occasionals (bebe, bulldog, gil, noel etc) - i always tell people it's like family to me... i watched it from time to time whilst growing up and then more so when i moved to melbourne and remember watching the final episode when i was living in richmond in 2004... so it's always sorta been there... then i started collecting the dvd sets of each season to watch it from start to finish and now it's been a bit like a ritual for me - watching it once a year...

i love to watch it at this time of year, as i love the winter's cold, and it just goes hand in hand, when keeping warm in a cold winter, nothing feels as warm as the love you have for someone, something, family etc - so it gives me something to smile about, relate to, laugh with, cry with etc

i love my taste in tv shows.....

a bearded kelsey grammer in leather, now there's a naughty thought LOL

laughter is the best medicine apparently ;-)